[Adopted 10-1983]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE
Vehicles of the fire departments (fire patrol), police vehicles and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the Conway Chief of Police.
BOARD
The Board of Selectmen or the Police Commission when designated by the Selectmen.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Every vehicle designated, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property.
CROSSWALK
A. 
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured by the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway.
B. 
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
CURB LOADING ZONE
A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of materials.
HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
INTERSECTION
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curblines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of roadways of two highways which join one another at or approximately at right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection. The junction of an alley with a street or highway shall not constitute an intersection.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Every vehicle which is self-propelled but not operated upon rails, including mopeds.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in this Town.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
PEDESTRIAN
Any person afoot.
PERSON
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
POLICE OFFICER
Every officer of the Town Police Department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway," as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
SAFETY ZONE
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use of pedestrians.
STAND or STANDING
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
STOP
When required, complete cessation from movement.
STREET or HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
THROUGH HIGHWAY
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to a stop sign, yield sign or other official traffic control device, when such signs or devices are erected as provided in this article.
TRAFFIC
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any highway for purposes of travel.
TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
Employees of the Town of Conway Police Department, assigned by the Chief of Police or his designee to control, regulate and maintain the flow of traffic within the Town of Conway.
[Added 9-21-1999]
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Conway Police Department to enforce the provisions of this article.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a traffic controller or a police officer with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
[Amended 9-21-1999]
The Chief of Police, by and with the approval of the Board, is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this Town and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect for more than 90 days.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 141-6 of the Town Code, Hours of limit parking, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29. See now § 152-20, Time limit parking.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or the edge of the roadway, where no curb exists, in the direction of traffic movement.
The Board shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets. Angle parking shall not be permitted at any place where the parked vehicle would conflict with the flow of traffic.
[Amended 7-1984; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer, traffic controller or official traffic control device, no person shall:
A. 
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(2) 
On a sidewalk.
(3) 
Within an intersection.
(4) 
On a crosswalk.
(5) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless indicated differently by signs or markings.
(6) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(7) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a way or within a highway tunnel.
(8) 
On any railroad tracks.
(9) 
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(10) 
In any parking place, whether on public or private property, specially designated for a person with a walking disability by means of a sign as required by RSA 265:73-a stating that the space is reserved for a person with a walking disability or displaying the international accessibility symbol, unless that person has a special plate or placard issued or recognized pursuant to RSA 261:86 or RSA 261:88, and the person who qualifies for the plate or placard is being transported to or from the parking place. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA Title LXII or any other provision of law, a person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined a minimum of $250.
(11) 
On any controlled-access highway.
(12) 
In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.
(13) 
In or overlapping into any access aisle. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA Title LXII or any other provision of law, a person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined a minimum of $50 for a first offense and a minimum of $100 for each subsequent offense.
B. 
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(1) 
In front of a public or private driveway.
(2) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4) 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(5) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance (when properly signposted).
(6) 
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
C. 
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:
(1) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(2) 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
D. 
Stop, stand or park a vehicle for more than 15 minutes:
(1) 
In front of the post office in North Conway.
(2) 
On Norcross Circle from White Mount Highway (North Conway) north side near the old bank to Station Drive.
(3) 
Within 20 feet of the official information booth in North Conway.
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:
A. 
Displaying such vehicle for sale.
B. 
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle adjacent to any school property when such parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation.
B. 
When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
A. 
The Board is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet.
B. 
When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle on any street from 12:00 midnight to 8:00 a.m. during the winter snow removal period starting November 15 and ending April 15 of each year.
B. 
The Board may reduce the no-parking hours during the snow removal period from 12:00 midnight to 8:00 a.m. to 1:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. in certain areas containing establishments with liquor licenses. Official signs shall be erected in areas so designated.
C. 
The Town will not be liable for any damage to any vehicle that may be in violation of this section.
A. 
The Police Department shall have authority, subject to the approval of the Board, to determine the location of loading zones and shall erect and maintain or cause to be maintained appropriate signs indicating the same.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stop, stand or park said vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of material in any place marked as a loading zone.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stop, stand or park said vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or for the unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a loading zone. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2017]
A. 
The Board is hereby authorized to designate and mark by proper signs parking for the following:
(1) 
Parking for handicapped persons and persons picking up or discharging handicapped persons only.
(2) 
Parking areas restricted to motorcycles only.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to use such designated areas for any other purpose.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
The provisions of §§ 152-10 through 152-16 prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer, traffic controller or official traffic control device.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 141-19 of the Town Code, Applicability of parking time limit, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29. See now § 152-19.
[Amended 12-2001; 8-2002; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2017; 9-12-2017]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described below:
Name of Street
Side
Location
Barnes Road
Both
Entire length
Chase Avenue
North
From Pleasant Street to Pollard Street
Colbath Street
Both
From Hobbs Street (CV) to the end
Common Court
Both
From intersection with Common Court Connector to Barnes Road
Cottage Road
Both
From Colbath Street to the end
Cranmore Road
Both
From Kearsarge Road to the end of the circle
East Main Street (CV)
Both
From Route 16/113 intersection to Maine State Line
Eastman Road/Rt. 302
Both
From Route 16/White Mt. Highway to Bolton Hill Road
Echo Acres
Both
From Route 16 to the Railroad Crossing
Greenwood Avenue
North
From Peasant Street for 222 feet
Greenwood Avenue
South
From Pleasant Street to Wilder Street
Grove Street
North
From North-South Road to start of the curb bump
Grove Street
North
From White Mt. Highway to start of the curb bump
Grove Street
South
From White Mt. Highway to the end
Haven Lane
Both
From West Main Street to the end
Kearsarge Road
North
From White Mt. Highway (NC) east for 146 feet
Kearsarge Road
North
From North-South Road west for 75 feet
Kearsarge Road
North
179 feet from Seavey Street/Kearsarge Road to 91 feet from North-South Road
Kearsarge Road
South
From White Mt. Highway (NC) east for 66 feet
Kearsarge Road
South
From North-South Road west for 135 feet
Main Street (CV)
North
From East Main Street (CV) to a point 330 feet west of Washington Street
Main Street (CV)
South
From Pleasant Street for 569 feet
Maple Street (NC)
Both
From Ledgewood Road to Ash Street
Mechanic Street
Both
From White Mt. Highway to North-South Road
Mill Street (CC)
Both
212 feet west of the bridge for 878 feet north
Norcross Circle
Outside
178 feet from northern entrance to 172 feet from southern entrance
North Road
Both
From Route 16/Main Street to West Main Street
North-South Road
Both
From Kearsarge Road to Route 302
North-South Road
West
From Mechanic Street to Kearsarge Road
Old Bartlett Road
Both
From Skimobile Road to Kearsarge Road
Old West Side Road
Both
From Echo Lake State Park to Bow Lane
Pine Street
North
From White Mt. Highway for 53 feet
Pine Street
North
13 feet west from end of sidewalk
Pine Street
South
From White Mt. Highway for 47 feet
Pine Street
South
21 feet west from stop sign
Pleasant Street
East
Starting from Route 16 South to Tasker Hill Road
Pollard Street
East
From East Main Street (CV) to the end
River Street (CV)
North
From East Main Street (CV) to the end
Seavey Street
North
From North-South Road west for 45 feet
Seavey Street
North
From White Mt. Highway for 88 feet
Seavey Street
South
From White Mt. Highway to Kearsarge Road
Skimobile Road
Both
From Kearsarge Road to the end
The Lane
East
From Kearsarge Road to Mechanic Street
Washington Street
East
From Main Street (CV) north for 150 feet
Washington Street
West
From Main Street (CV) north for 227 feet
Washington Street
West
759 feet north from Main Street (CV) to West Side Road
West Main Street (CV)
North
From Haven Lane to 324 feet from eastern entrance
West Main Street (CV)
North
From Main Street (CV) for 35 feet
West Main Street (CV)
South
From Haven Lane to 422 feet from eastern entrance
West Main Street (CV)
South
From Main Street (CV) west for 58 feet
White Mt. Highway (NC)
East
From Duprey Road to Depot Road
White Mt. Highway (NC)
Both
From the intersection of Route 16/113 to Duprey Road
Wilder Street
Both
From Route 113/East Main Street to the end
*
NOTE: The following abbreviations, whose meanings are indicated below, are used in this schedule to indicate the locations of certain streets and parts of streets:
CC — Center Conway
CV — Conway Village
NC — North Conway
[Amended 11-1987; 4-2001; 8-2001; 10-2001; 8-2002; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
A. 
On streets where there is a time limit on parking as set forth below, restrictions will be enforced between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise indicated by signs.
B. 
The provisions of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limited the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
C. 
Where signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time limit indicated upon those streets listed below:[1]
[Amended 9-12-2017]
Name of Street
Side
Time Limit
Location
Depot Road
North
2 hrs.
Between the curb bump out
Greenwood Avenue
North
2 hrs.
220 feet from Pleasant Street to Wilder Street
Kearsarge Road
North
1 hr.
From a point 146 feet east of White Mt. Highway to 75 feet west of North-South Road
Kearsarge Road
South
2 hrs.
From a point 66 feet east of White Mt. Highway to 135 feet west of North-South Road
Kearsarge Road
South
2 hrs.
91 feet from North-South Road to 179 feet from Seavey Street
Main Street (CV)
North
1 hr.
West 330 feet from Washington Street and Pleasant Street to the intersection with West Main Street
Main Street (CV)
South
1 hr.
569 feet from Pleasant Street to Lake Street
Mill Street
North
2 hrs.
From bridge for 212 feet west
Norcross Circle
Inside
2 hrs.
Entire length
Norcross Circle
Outside
2 hrs.
From White Mt. Highway for 178 feet on north side and from White Mt. Highway for 172 feet on south side
North-South Road
East
2 hrs.
From Mechanic Street to Kearsarge Road
Pine Street
East
2 hrs.
96 feet southerly from stop sign
Pine Street
North
2 hrs.
53 feet from White Mt. Highway to 13 feet from sidewalk
Pine Street
South
2 hrs.
47 feet from White Mt. Highway to 21 feet from stop sign
Seavey Street
North
2 hrs.
From a point 88 feet east of Route 16/White Mt. Highway (NC)
Seavey Street
North
3 hrs.
45 feet west from North-South Road
Washington Street
East
1 hr.
150 feet from Main Street (CV) to intersection of East Side Road
Washington Street
West
1 hr.
227 feet from Main Street (CV) for 557 feet
West Main Street (CV)
North
1 hr.
35 feet from Main Street (CV) to 324 feet west
West Main Street (CV)
South
1 hr.
56 feet from Main Street (CV) to 422 feet west
White Mt. Highway (NC)
East
2 hrs.
From Depot Road to Pine Street
White Mt. Highway (NC)
West
2 hrs.
From Depot Road to River Road
*NOTE: The following abbreviations, whose meanings are indicated below, are used in this schedule to indicate the locations of certain streets and parts of streets:
CC — Center Conway
CV — Conway Village
NC — North Conway
[1]
Editor's Note: See also the time-limit stopping, standing and parking restrictions in § 152-8D above.
Whenever, by this article or any other ordinance of this Town, any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets, it shall be the duty of the Police Commission, subject to the approval of the Board, to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
[Amended 11-1987; 4-2001; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2017; 5-23-2017; 6-6-2017]
A. 
Each owner or operator of a vehicle who violates the provisions of this article which govern and regulate stopping, standing and parking may, within two days of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay to the police officer in charge and on duty at police headquarters, as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation, the following sums:
[Amended ]
Violation
Fine
Parking within 15 feet of fire hydrant
$100
All -night parking
$50
Overtime parking
$50
Double parking
$50
Parking more than 12 inches from curb
$50
Parking on restricted area
$50
Parking to block an alley or street
$50
Parking within 20 feet of a driveway or crosswalk
$50
Parking with left side to curb
$50
Parking with rear wheels to curb
$50
Parking in a space reserved for the handicapped
As established by the State of New Hampshire
B. 
Any person who violates § 152-14, regarding parking on streets during the winter snow removal period of November 15 through April 15 of each year shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined $50.
C. 
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any of the provisions of this article regulating standing, stopping or parking, and who fails within two business days to pay the penalty prescribed in Subsection A, or violates any other provisions of this article may, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.
D. 
The fine for parking on either side of a section of West Side Road posted as "no parking" by the State of New Hampshire (starting at a point approximately 1,683 feet north of Lucy Brook and running northerly approximately 1,960 feet to the Conway/Bartlett Town Line) shall be $100.
E. 
Appeals of violations and fines must be filed within two business days of violation. Appeals must be accompanied by full payment for the fine and shall be submitted in writing to the office of the Town Manager. If an appeal is granted and the fine waived, the fine amount shall be reimbursed.
If any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provisions of this article regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner, or person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
A police officer observing a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall attach to the vehicle a notice to the operator or owner that the vehicle has been parked in violation of this article and instructing the operator or owner to report at police headquarters. The notice shall contain:
A. 
The location where the vehicle is parked.
B. 
The state registration number of such vehicle.
C. 
The time at which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article.
D. 
Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
The Police Department is authorized to remove and tow away or have removed and towed away by a commercial towing service any abandoned vehicle or other vehicle illegally parked in a place where it creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant or obstructs or may obstruct snow removal operations or the movement of any emergency vehicle. Vehicles towed for illegal parking shall be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator upon payment of all fees for towing and storage.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 141-27, Schedule I: Parking prohibited, and 141-28, Schedule II: Time limit parking, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29. See now §§ 152-19, Parking prohibited, and 152-20, Time limit parking.